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Homework help goes online

Doing homework can be tough for students - and their parents.
But TVOntario's Ask A Teacher website is taking some of the
pain out of the chore.

TVOntario's Ask A Teacher website provides high school students
with free, detailed, real-time homework help from certified
Ontario teachers, and an approachable space where they can
practice concepts learned in school.

Students have access to some great features, including:

Ask a Teacher Chat Rooms, available Sunday to Thursday,
5.30 to 9.30 pm E.S.T., where they can take part in real-time
one-on-one tutorials with teachers.

The Brain Bank, where they can find thousands of practice
exercises, questions and answers, and a Super Glossary of
terms in science, math and English.

The Essay Feedback service, launched in February 2005,
where they can receive helpful comments on their work from
certified teachers.

The Ask A Teacher website has been live since May 2001, and
receives an average of 10,000 visits each month.

RBC has been involved with the Ask A Teacher website since
2002, and in 2005, we announced that we will donate $225,000
over three years to promote the site widely to children, adults,
and teachers across Ontario, and to make it accessible to
more and more students who need homework help.